Publication Date
2020
Journal or Book Title
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology
Abstract
Decontamination of N95 respirators is being used by clinicians in the face of a global shortage of these devices. Some treatments for decontamination, such as some vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods or ultraviolet methods, had no impact on respiratory performance, while other treatments resulted in substantial damage to masks.
ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0402-0979
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.332
Pages
1446-1448
Volume
41
Issue
12
License
UMass Amherst Open Access Policy
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Recommended Citation
Peltier, Richard E.; Wang, Jiayuan; Hollenbeck, Brian L.; Lanza, Jennifer; Furtado, Ryan M.; Cyr, Jay; Ellison, Richard T.; and Kobayashi, Kimiyoshi J., "Addressing decontaminated respirators: Some methods appear to damage mask integrity and protective function" (2020). Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 22.
https://doi.org/10.1017/ice.2020.332